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SubjectRe: Help on testing ad5933 driver
On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 04:39:13PM -0300, Marcelo Schmitt wrote:
> Hello, would anyone mind helping me test ad5933 driver on actual
> hardware? I went through this
> (https://oslongjourney.github.io/linux-kernel/experiment-one-iio-dummy/)
> tutorial so I was able to load iio_simple_dummy driver, create and
> inspect some dummy devices. Now, as Jonathan has asked me, I would like
> to test ad5933 driver on an EVAL-AD5933 board which was donated to FLUSP
> (https://flusp.ime.usp.br/).
>
> So far I've been hesitating to plug this device on my Debian distro
> since this
> (https://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documentation/user-guides/UG-364.pdf)
> user guide for Windows says not to connect it before driver
> installation. Is there something that could harm the board if plugged
> on a computer without a proper driver?

The kernel shouldn't be bricking hardware... Hardware used to be easier
to brick in olden times...

regards,
dan carpenter

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